Bill Clinton I Have Sinned Analysis

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Angel Orellana Professor Ross English 101 October 14 2015 Bill Clinton “I have sinned” audiences In Bill Clinton’s speech “I have sinned” showed that Clinton realized the mistakes he has done to others and ask them if he can ever be forgiven and not committing the same mistakes again. Clinton is sorry for the bad errors he had done and he has repented for what he has done and promises to make a better nation. In life, we all do bad things, but we tend to realize the mistakes we have done and we repent of what we had committed, so we could be a better person and the others around us would still have trust in us. Before we ask to forgive others we should actually forgive ourselves because what we have done not only affected the others but affected us emotionally because you feel guilty for the bad actions you caused to others. Usually it is us who …show more content…

As Bill Clinton name was being mention “Clinton goes on national TV to admit he had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky” (CNN). This quote showed that Clinton realizes that he had to say the truth of what happened between them since he would always be denying that they had no relationship. This was the first step that Clinton had to do, to be sincere of what happened between them and later apologize for his bad conduct he had with Lewinsky, since he was having a relationship with Hillary Clinton. He mentions that “It is important to me that everybody who was been hurt know the sorrow I feel is genuine… Monica Lewinsky” (The History Place). This quote shows that he is feeling bad for what he had done to Monica and ask her if he could be forgiven due to the bad actions he had done to her that cause pain to her in the heart and that he was unfaithful to his wife Hillary Clinton that cause her pain as well as he did it to

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